Computational Tools for Climate Science Day Lead & Project Template Lead Instructions

Below are items that are specific to Computational Tools for Climate Science Please make sure you are following the guidelines below.

Google Drive Links

  •  Curriculum folder 
  •  Projects folder 
  •  Curriculum tracking spreadsheet 
  •  Projects tracking spreadsheet 

Day Outline Template (Day Leads Only)

  • Please follow our  course specific day outline . Alongside serving as a blueprint for creating the actual tutorials, it will help us understand our course broadly, find synergies between days, and isolate if day-wide learning objectives compile into our course-wide learning objectives.
  • Note when creating this outline that all materials (images, data, etc) must follow our  CC-BY Copyright Requirements . Please consider this now so you do not have to adjust later. Figures from the IPCC reports may be used but the full figure and captions must be included.
  • When your day outline is complete, please upload to your  day folder  (under the Curriculum folder), and add it to the 'Day Outline' column for your day on the  curriculum tracking spreadsheet  so it can be easily reviewed.


Project Description (Projects Only)

  • Please follow our  course specific project description . Alongside serving as a blueprint for creating the actual project templates, it will help us understand our course broadly and find synergies between curriculum days and projects.
  • Note when creating this description that all materials (images, data, etc) must follow our  CC-BY Copyright Requirements . Please consider this now so you do not have to adjust later. Figures from the IPCC reports may be used but the full figure and captions must be included.
  • When your project description is complete, please upload to your  project folder  (under the Project folder), and add it to the 'Project Description' column for your project on the  project tracking spreadsheet  so it can be easily reviewed.

Python / Libraries

  • Please use python 3.9 in your environment and make sure all libraries used are compatible.
  • Please add any libraries used to this  spreadsheet . This will make it easier to build the course python environment, and keep track of complicated libraries if they exist.
  • if you decide to work on your own machine, you can find a short instruction on how to duplicate our python environment  here 

Notation

  • We expect all leads and their invited speakers to follow standard notation for climate science.
  • Please include all notation used in tutorials, keynote speaker talks, and projects in this  excel file  (under the CMA_notations_tutorials tab).
  • It is helpful to check that your day doesn't differ from other days.
  • If missing, add notation used to the  CMA_notation_summary  tab.

Tutorial Creation (Day Leads Only)

  • We expect all content to be created and updated through our  Github repository .
  • You can find a detailed instruction on how to use our Github  here .
  • When all tutorials are complete, please add links to the 'Notebook File and Link' column for your day on the  curriculum tracking spreadsheet  so it can be easily reviewed.


Project Template Creation (Projects Only)

  • We expect all content to be created and updated through our  Github repository .
  • You can find a detailed instruction on how to use our Github  here .
  • For the project template slide, we expect there to be one socioeconomic question and one physical question for each yellow question and red question category. Please apply a dashed border to socioeconomic questions.
  • When your project template materials are complete, please add links to the 'Github Notebook File and Link' , 'Slides File and Link', and 'Drive Video Link' columns for your project on the  project tracking spreadsheet  so it can be easily reviewed.

Slides Template

  •  Here  is our current slide template. Please make a single slide deck that includes slides for all tutorials.
  • Please refrain from referring to specific tutorial numbers or day numbers in your slides.
  • When your slides are complete, please add links to the 'Slides File and Link' column for your day/project on the  curriculum tracking spreadsheet  or  project tracking spreadsheet  so it can be easily reviewed.

Videos

  • Please refrain from referring to specific tutorial numbers or day numbers in your videos.
  • When your videos are complete (not needed until the third review stage for curriculum and the second review stage for projects), please add links to the 'Video File and Link' column for your day/project on the  curriculum tracking spreadsheet  or  project tracking spreadsheet  so it can be easily reviewed.

Assessment Questions (Day Leads Only)

  • Provide 5 assessment questions to measure student understanding.
  • Add them to  this spreadsheet  (note the current questions are from last year to give you suggestions, please overwrite with your new questions as needed).
  • Provide 1 overall assessment question to be added to the pre- and post-course survey.
  • Add it to  this spreadsheet  (note the current questions are from last year to give you suggestions, please overwrite with your new questions as needed).
  • Note: try to keep the questions related more to the concepts of climate science or computational tools presented, and less on technical details unless they are the true focus of a tutorial.